Improvement in washing-machines



W. HAAS. Washing-Machine.

Patented April 30,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT WILLIAM HAAS, OF WALLA WALLA, \VASHINGTONTERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,031, dated April30, 1878; application filed March 20, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAAs, of Walla Walla, in the county of WallaWalla, Washington Territory, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Washin g-Machines, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved machine, the covers being raised,and part being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line .r :r,Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken throughthe line y 3 Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved washing machinewhich shall be simple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture,convenient in use, easily operated, and effective in operation, washingthe clothes quickly, thoroughly, and without injuring them.

The invention consists in the combination of the notched and slottedpartition, the stationary beater, the upper beater provided with thepivoted bars, and the sliding board with each other and with thesuds-box; and in the combination of the spring-bar, the jointedconnecting-rod and its lever-catch, the crankshaft, the fly-wheel, andthe driving-gearing with each other and with the pivoted beater, ashereinafter fully described.

A is the suds-box, which is made rectangular in form, with verticalsides and rear end, and an inclined or flaring forward end, and which issupported upon legs B of such a length as to raise the machine to aconvenient height.

Across the middle part of the machine is secured a partition, 0, thelower edge of which is recessed to allow the water to pass throughfreely, and to allow the dirt washed from the clothes to pass throughand settle in the rear part of the suds-box A away from the clothes.

D is the lower beater, which fits into the space between the partition 0and the forward end of the suds-box A, and which is formed of a numberof parallel cross-bars placed at a little distance apart, and connectedby rounds.

E is the upper or movable beater, which is placed in the forward part ofthe suds-box A above the stationary beater D, and is formed of a numberof longitudinal parallel bars, placed at a little distance apart, andconnected by rounds. The side bars F, attached to the beater E, extendto the rearward, pass through vertical slots in the end parts of thepartition 0, and their rear ends are pivoted to the board G, that slidesup and down in ways or grooves at the rear end of the suds-box A.

To the middle bar of the beaterE is attached the end of a spring-bar, H,to the free end of which is pivoted the lower end of the connecting-barI. The connecting-bar I is jointed, and is locked in place, when itsparts are in line with each other, by the lever J, pivoted to one ofsaid parts, and the end of which is bent inward to pass through holes inthe two parts, and thus make the bar rigid. The lever J is held in placeby a spring.

The upper end of the connecting-bar I is notched to receive the crankformed upon the middle part of the shaft- K, where it is secured inplace by a detachable pin, L. Several notches are formed in theconnecting-bar I to receive the crank, to enable the said connecting-rodto be shortened or lengthened, as more or less clothes are to beoperated upon at a time.

The crank-shaft K revolves in hearings in the upper ends of twostandards, M, thelower ends of which are attached to the forward partsof the sides of the suds-box A.

To one end of the crank-shaft Kis attached a fly-wheel, N, to givesteadiness of motion to the machine, and to its other end is attached asmall pulley, 0, around which passes an endless band, P. The band P alsopasses around a larger pulley, Q, which is pivoted to the rear part ofthe suds-box A, and which has a crank-pin, It, attached to it, to serveas a handle in operating the machine.

S is the cover of the machine, which is made in two equal parts,hingedat their outer edges to the top edges of the sides of the suds-box A.

To raise the upper beater E, the operator releases the spring-catch J,draws the joint of the connecting-bar to the rearward, and raises theupper beater E into an upright position. This brings the parts of theconnecting-bar I into line with each other in a horizontal position,where they are held in place by the lever-catch J, so that the clothesmay be conveniently put in, rearranged, and taken out, as may berequired. The lever-catch J is then withdrawn, and the beater E isallowed to drop into place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination of the notched and slottedpartition 0, the lower stationary beater D, the upper beater E, providedwith the pivoted bars F, and the sliding board G with each other andwith the suds-box A, substanstally as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the spring-bar H, the

jointed connectingrod 1 and its lever-catch J,

WILLIAM HAAS.

Viitnesses:

ABRAM KINsEY, BENNETT D. CLEMoNs.

